Irene Yarovsky

Dist. Professor Irene Yarovsky

Professor

Details

Open to

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

About

Current and recent projects:

- Life Sciences
- Understanding biomolecular interactions of nanoparticles for engineering efficient nanobiomaterials and devices (ARC Discovery project)
- Theoretical modelling of biomolecular responses to electromagnetic radiation (NHMRC Centre of Excellence: Australian Centre for Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research (ACEBR))
- Protein self-assembly on surfaces, interfaces and nanoparticles (ARC Discovery project)

Materials:

- Theoretical modelling of fundamental molecular mechanisms of biomolecular adsorption to functional surfaces (ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub for Australian Steel Manufacturing)
- Theoretical modelling study of thin film permeability (ARC Discovery project)
- Environmentally responsive clean coatings (ARC Linkage project)
- New materials for hydrogen storage (ARC Discovery project)
- Modelling novel self-assembling materials

Supervisor projects

  • Molecular understanding of protein misfolding and aggregation phenomena
  • 1 Mar 2022
  • Computational Modelling of Graphene Oxide and Amyloidogenic Protein Amylin
  • 19 Oct 2020
  • Computer Aided Design of Antimicrobial Surface
  • 1 Mar 2017
  • Atomistic Insights into the Effects of Electromagnetic Field on Amyloidogenic Peptides 
  • 21 Jul 2014
  • Molecular simulation of protein adhesion for rational design of antimicrobial surfaces
  • 4 Mar 2013
  • In silico explorations of gold-biomolecule interactions for the engineering of biomedical gold nanomaterials
  • 4 Mar 2013

Teaching interests

Supervisor interests
Computational modelling of materials and theoretical materials design: biomolecular systems (peptides, proteins, drugs, membranes), industrial materials (coatings, minerals, energy materials), nanostructures and bio-nanotechnology applications

Research interests

Theoretical computer simulations of the structure and properties of matter.
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